Arizona Diamondbacks infielder Geraldo Perdomo has been named the team's starting shortstop ahead of the 2024 season, manager Torey Lovullo announced on Friday. Perdomo has appeared in 292 games over his last two seasons but was far more productive in 2023, slashing .246/.353/.359 with a 12.9 BB%, 17.4 K%, 4.3 oWAR, 6.1 dWAR, 99 wRC+, and 16 stolen bases. He was the Diamondbacks' primary shortstop last year, though Nick Ahmed played 65 games there, too. Now, the role belongs fully to Perdomo, giving him plenty of job security as Spring Training gets underway.

The Los Angeles Angels have signed veteran reliever Hunter Strickland to a minor-league deal, the team announced. Strickland, 35, hasn't pitched in the majors since 2022 but will be invited to Spring Training with the Halos. He owns respectable numbers throughout his career, including a 3.93 xFIP, 8.43 K/9, 3.44 BB/9, and 0.94 HR/9. Even if he makes the Opening Day roster, Strickland isn't on the fantasy radar.

Free-agent outfielder David Dahl agreed to a minor-league deal with the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, pending a physical. Dahl played in only four games at the major-league level in 2023 with the San Diego Padres before inking a minors pact with the Los Angeles Dodgers in June. The 29-year-old former first-round pick played in 54 games with Triple-A Oklahoma City and slashed .282/.354/.493 with an .847 OPS, eight home runs, 39 RBI and 33 runs scored over 237 plate appearances. Dahl was an All-Star with the Colorado Rockies in 2019 when he hit .302 with 15 home runs, but he only played in 100 games that season and couldn't capitalize on his talent due to injuries. In six major-league seasons, Dahl has only played in 331 games.

Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Shane Baz (elbow) threw his first bullpen session of spring training on Friday and said it went "great." Baz is being brought along slowly in camp after having Tommy John surgery in September of 2022, and he's targeting a late-summer return to the Rays pitching staff after not pitching at all in 2023. The 24-year-old has only made nine big-league starts (40 1/3 innings) in 2021 and 2022, which is the primary reason the Rays aren't in a rush to bring him back this year. In those nine starts, he's gone 3-2 with a 4.02 ERA and 1.12 WHIP with 12 walks and 48 strikeouts. Baz has never thrown more than 82 innings in the minors. either, and with durability concerns, he's really not worth the risk in most fantasy leagues with an innings limit to boot in 2024.

Free-agent first baseman Ji Man Choi signed a split contract with the New York Mets on Friday that is worth up to $3.5 million, including performance-based bonuses if he makes the Opening Day roster. The deal includes an invite to spring training. The 32-year-old left-handed-hitting South Korean started the 2023 season with the Pittsburgh Pirates before being traded to the San Diego Padres. In only 39 games in all, he hit a weak .163/.239/.385 with six home runs, 13 RBI and 12 runs scored in 117 plate appearances. If Choi makes the Mets' major-league roster, which is probably unlikely, he'll be a backup option at first base behind All-Star Pete Alonso and a left-handed bat off the bench against righties. In eight seasons in the majors, Choi has a career slash line of .234/.338/.426 with 67 homers and 238 RBI in 525 games played. He's not on the fantasy radar.